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O/S Daily Monday December 29th 2025
Good morning all.
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Let Thrift shopping thrive in 25!
A shiny new thread for the thrift shoppers amongst us - those who haunt car boots, FB marketplace, Vinted, Ebay, jumble sales & charity shops to score bargains galore!
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Cheapest place to buy insulated gloves?
Both DH and I have reynauds so insulated gloves are a must. Unfortunately we also have three teenagers who lose things so need more gloves. The last lot I bought from a market stall on holiday, they were thinsulate so very warm. I don't have a market near me at all so where would be the cheapest place to get several pairs…
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Prepping: the new world...
Thought it was about time for a new Prepping thread... Please keep it on topic, friendly and realistic for life in the UK (i.e. no hurricane basements, no guns, no politics). For those that don't know, the Guides & Scouts among us will be prepared, but are the rest of us ready? IMPORTANT NOTE: this thread is a resource for…
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O/S Daily Sunday 28th December 2025
Good morning all.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd December 2025
Cristmas week starts here What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on
the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is
often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to
provide the support we all need and to make the whole task easier…
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O/S Daily December 27 2025
Good morning all.
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Mellow Fruitfulness
Our Autumn OATs (Outstanding Annoying Tasks) thread With thanks to Keats and the Met Office for the thread title https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/weather/seasons/autumn/autumn-facts I think my main OAT aim this autumn is to get a lot of foodstuffs out of the cupboards and not wasted, which is going to have to…
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Old Style Daily Boxing Day 2025
Morning all.
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What are you making for dinner?
There were problems with the original thread in that it disappeared and could not be reinstated. So a new thread was created and we all started again, unfortunately that thread also seems to have joined it's predecessor. So here's a new one. We need to hear about Suki's lamb casserole and Island Maid is back from Amsterdam…
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Old Style Daily Christmas Day 2025
Morning all. Just a brief pop in to wish everyone the happiest Christmas possible. 🎄🎉🎁 My best gift has been my wonderful nephew flying up from Birmingham to surprise me in my hospital room yesterday. He stayed a few hours until I was discharged and then flew home again. 💕 He's accrued massive brownie points! 😁 I wish all…
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O/S Daily December 24th 2025
Good morning
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Shorten trousers
I've bought a pair of leather jeans with unfinished long leg hems, I'm wondering if anyone has a suggestion on how to temporarily shorten them securely so I can wear and decide on length I finally decide I want to turn them up to. Also how best to shorten them - simply cut? or a smarter way? I've searched and glue or tape…
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The Second Purse Thread
Hello everyone, I’ve been thinking of reviving the Second Purse Challenge
for a while and a post by @Frugalistamama spurred me on. For those who don’t know about this way of grocery budgeting,
I’ve linked the original posting by @Mothership below. I intend to set aside £30 of my monthly food budget to look
for bargains to…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 23 December 2025
Morning all. Have great days. I’ll be back sometime tomorrow. 🏥❤️
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Saving money on food deliveries
I hope someone can help me because I cannot find a way out of my problem. I have to have food delivered as I live 2 bus journeys from the supermarkets and coming back on 2 buses with a load of shopping is never gonna happen. However, I usually have to add stuff I don't really need to make up the 40 or 50 pound basket…
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Vegan Storecupboard Challenge Winter 25 - Winter 26
It's back for a new year!! I celebrate my New Years day on the midpoint between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice and that's today so it's time to get the new Vegan Storecupboard challenge off the ground! The aim of this challenge is to minimise grocery shopping and food waste by using up as much as possible of what you…
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Slow Living - Doing It Old Style!
It's a bit early to be starting this thread but it's the last day of 2023 that I will have the time so I'm doing it now! I have decided that 2024 is going to be the opportunity to put into practice all the things that I have thought about, wanted to do and dabbled with in 2023. I have a few diaries on the forum which touch…
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Old Style Daily Monday 22 December 2025
Morning all.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 15 December 2025
What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole task easier and quicker. We also…
